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Business Course Listings

A major and a minor in business is available, as well as teacher certification for grades 5-12. See also the majors and minors in accounting, marketing and sustainability management, as well as minors in entrepreneurship and global economics.

Planning guide

Goshen Core
Career Planning
Principles of Management
Principles of Marketing
Principles of Macroeconomics
SST (spring or summer, or summer after third year)

Third year

Goshen Core
Business Law
Operations Management
Principles of Managerial Accounting
Business Analytics
Upper-level business electives
Internship (a summer internship between third and fourth year is strongly encouraged)

Planning and advising notes

Students may not earn a double major in accounting, business and/or marketing, but major/minor combinations are allowed.

SST should be completed in the first two years or the summer after the third year. Additional math courses are encouraged for students anticipating graduate school.

Minimum academic requirement for majors and minors: All business majors and minors must earn a grade of C- or higher in all courses required for their major or minor. Failure to attain this level of achievement requires the student to either repeat the course (for specific requirements) or take an additional course (an option for elective courses) and achieve a grade of C- or higher.

Teacher education certification is available for grades 5-12. Courses needed in addition to business major requirements are Bus 322 and either Econ 306 or Bus 350. Also required are 36 credits of education courses, including a semester of student teaching. The first education class, Educ 201, should be taken in May term of the first year or fall of the sophomore year. See Education department information for more details.

A Masters in Business Administration program is offered online. More information about the program can be found at www.collaborativemba.org and also in the Goshen College academic catalog for graduate programs.

Minor in business

18 credit hours

Acc 201, Principles of Financial Accounting3

Econ 203, Principles of Microeconomics3

Additional accounting, business or economics courses12
At least 9 of the above 12 credit hours must be upper level (300 and above).

Note to accounting majors: Students must take 9 credit hours in business and economics beyond what is required in the major.Note to marketing majors: Students must take 12 credit hours in accounting, business, and economics beyond what is required in the major.